Custom Setting #F8 Pressing Or Holding Buttons - Nikon D300 Complete Manual

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Custom Setting #F8 Pressing or Holding Buttons

(Release button to use dial)

Nikon's default user interface for SLR bodies has long been

"hold down a button and twirl a Command dial." This option

allows you to override the "hold" aspect (any button press

starts a change)

Recommendation:

1. This has got to be the most dangerous Custom Settings on

the camera. First, Nikon's names for the options are

terrible! The option labeled No really means that a button

press is equated as a hold. Second, unless you're

absolutely anal about your control use, I can almost

guarantee there will come a time when you started to

make settings (say white balance) then saw a shot

opportunity and started trying to take the shot; of course,

you'll want your Command dials to be helping you set an

exposure for that shot, but they'll still be linked to the

command sequence you started. Oops. Avoid anything

but the default.

Thom Hogan's Complete Guide to the Nikon D300

Pressing a button is the same as holding it

You must hold button while turning

Command dial to change a setting [default]